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© Chickasha Star and Telegram Chickasha, Oklahoma Friday, 14 July 1905 ? ~ July 13, 1905 Ed Plowman, Son in law of A. W.Adkins of this City, Shot and Killed Yesterday Morning . . T. C. Renfro Also Dead .. Several Arrests Have Been Made Ed Plowman, living six miles from Anadarko near Binger, Okla, was shot and killed yesterday morning. Mr Plowman was a son-in-law of A. W. Adkins, of Chickasha who received word of the affair yesterday evening with the request to come at once, which he did. The advice did not state whether the shooting was accidental or the result of a quarrel, and up to noon no additional word had been received here. Mr Plowman has been married about four years and formerly lived here. He is at present farming near Binger, Okla. Later - The Anadarko Tribune of today gives the following account of the killing of Ed Plowman: As a result of one of thr most deplorable tragedies that ever took place in Caddo county, T. C. Renfro lies dead in his home near Cogar, twenty miles north of this city, and Ed Plowman, another farmer, is a corpse at his home near there. Whether the men killed each other is as yet a mystery only to be cleared up by the investigation which the County Attorney is making at this time. The news of the tragedy was brought to the authorities here yesterday afternoon by J. W. Genung, a neighbor who came to secure a warrant for three neighboring farmers who it is thought are mainly responsible for the crime. These men are O. M. Nation, Mike Reddington and Thos. Gibbons. It is the general belief that Gibbons is the man who killed Renfro and that the other two are accessories to the crime. It is said that early yesterday morning Nation, Reddington, Gibbons and Plowman went to Renfro's house armed, while Mrs Renfro was away from home. Shortly afterwards shooting was heard by a Mr Berry, who lives about three hundred yards north. Mr Berry went immediately to the Renfro home and found Renfro dead in his own house, and Ed Plowman dead in the yard. The other three men were seen leaving the premises, but they did not return to vouch any information regarding the affair. It is said the killing grew out of lawsuits over a claim contest in which the parties were interested. Reddington and Gibbons came to town and gave themselves up. Nation has not put in his appearance yet. It is understood that Gibbons did the killing, but claims self defense. Renfro is said to have shot Plowman or atempted to shoot others of Plowman's associates. © Chickasha Star and Telegram Chickasha, Oklahoma Monday, 17 July 1905 He Was Shot in the Back by Winchester Ball A. W. Adkins returned Sunday at 2 a.m. from Binger O. T. where he was called last Friday by the tragical death of his son-in-law, Ed Plowman. Mr Plowman was Deputy Sheriff and was show while in the discharge of his duty. Mr Renfrow, the other man killed was on the school board of his district and upon the appointment of another man in his place he refused to give up the books and papers in his possession. Plowman was sent to take the books, and arrest Renfro, who declared he would not be taken. When Plowman reported he would not be taken Plowman reported the state of affairs, another Deputy was sent with him to effect Renfro's arrest. The two men armed themselves and went to Renfro's home. Arriving at the place, Plowman told Renfro that they had come to take the books and arrest him, at which he told them he would go without any trouble. Renfro then went in the house for the books, as he lead the officers to believe, but coming out of another door he shot Plowman, sending a steel jacket Winchester bullet into his back, the bullet going through his body and lodging just inside the skin over the stomach. The revolver found in posession of Plowman had not been discharged. The Deputy Sheriff who accompanied Plowman caught the weapon in the hands of Renfro and when the scuffle was over, Renfro lay dead with two bullets in his heart, while the Deputy Sheriff carried a bullet in his side, and several fingers torn off. During this time Mrs Renfro was not at home, but soon after returning to the house. The frantic woman refused to allow the body of Plowman to be removed for several hours. Mr Adkins was finally allowed to take the body, and it was removed to the residence of Mrs Smith, about seven miles from the scene of the tragedy. Mrs Smith made room for the corpse, and kindly ministered to the stricken widow, a young woman about twenty years of age, and two small children, so soon left fatherless. The funeral of Ed Plowman was at the home of Mrs Smith, and the murdered man was buried in the little cemetery near the place where he met an untimely end. Thus, in a few moments, two families were plunged into sorrow too deep for words, and two souls were sent, without warning, into eternity. |
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